Python Job: Data Scientist

This role is part of the Digital & Technology (D&T) department of HEINEKEN International. D&T is proud to bring cutting-edge innovation, strong technology, and advanced analytics to HEINEKEN. With speed and agility, we ensure HEINEKEN has the technological competitive advantages it needs to deliver on its ambition.

About the team

The mission of Global Analytics is to lead HEINEKEN into becoming a data-driven company and the best-connected brewer. As a team, we radiate a data-driven entrepreneurial culture to the rest of the company. We act as an incubator for smart data products in all areas of business - from sales to logistics and from marketing to purchasing. This approach has allowed us to grow rapidly and launch many value-creating use cases from management of spare parts to allocation of media spending. Our focus for the upcoming year is to scale and deploy our analytics solutions across the globe.

Our team consists of Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Business Intelligence Specialists, and Analytics Translators.

Our Data Engineers build data platforms and ensure data access. Business Intelligence specialists enable interaction and insights in our data products. Finally, Analytics Translators help business ensure the solution is fit for purpose by bridging the gap between the teams. Our global perspective has led the team to have presence across three continents and five countries, with satellite teams in South Africa, Poland, India, and Singapore. We truly are a “Global” analytics team.

Daily work of our team is driven by the following qualities:

• Collaboration: Our global community consists of diverse cultures, roles, and challenges. We thrive together.
• Innovation: We strive to create an environment where you enjoy the problems you are solving, but also the people you are solving them with. We innovate to transform HEINEKEN from a traditional to a data-driven company.
• Reliability: We position ourselves as a business partner driving value creating decisions and building trust in our solutions.

If these challenges sound interesting and exciting, we hope you apply. We want to be collaborative, innovative, and reliable. We see collaboration as key in our global community with many different cultures, roles, and challenges. And strive to create an environment where you enjoy both the problems you are solving, but also the people you are solving them with. We innovate to transform HEINEKEN from a traditional to a data-driven company. We position ourselves as a business partner driving value creating decisions and building trust in our solutions.

These are ambitious goals, and therefore we need your help.

Your role at HEINEKEN

To succeed in this role, you should be familiar with Machine Learning, Statistics, and related fields and have experience in building and designing complex data science solutions as well as applying software engineering best practices, like code version systems, code structure and unit tests.

You’re natural in dealing with complex issues in a fast and high-pressure environment. Because of the high degree of change and development, it is important that you are pragmatic and able to view issues from new perspectives.

As a Data Scientist you might be:

• Forecasting timeseries;
• Writing an Evolutionary Algorithm to optimize warehouses;
• Training a classification model to predict customer churn;
• Running an A/B-test to assess the effectiveness of a change;
• Optimizing transport and delivery routes;

Are we looking for you?

• 2 - 4 years of experience as a Data Scientist in the business industry;
• Experience building and designing complex data science solutions;
• MSc/MA/PhD in a technical discipline related to Data Science (Data Science, Physics, Computer Science, Econometrics, Bioinformatics, etc.);
• Effective communication skills so that you can tailor your message to the audience, be it a fellow Data Scientist or a Sales Manager;
• Value-driven and pragmatic mind-set: focus on getting a result in an Agile manner;
• Coaching and mentoring other data scientists in the earlier stages of their careers;
• Knowledge of Machine Learning, Statistics, optimization algorithms and related fields;
• Fluent Python programming skills and thorough knowledge of pandas & scikit-learn;
• Experience with applying software engineering best practices, like code version systems, code structure and unit tests;
• Familiarity with Azure stack (Azure Data Factory, Azure Machine Learning, Databricks) is advantageous;
• Fluent in English.

What is in it for you?

At HEINEKEN, we have a proud reputation for the many career opportunities we offer our employees. Your career has the opportunity for being a unique journey, with a steep learning curve, across various brands, businesses or geographies. Next to a collaborative, international working environment, we will offer you a very rewarding salary and excellent secondary benefits.

This includes:

• HEINEKEN is an international company with all the related perks: (inter)national career opportunities, ability to go places and diverse projects.
• We focus on developing HEINEKEN and ourselves: knowledge sharing is key and there is dedicated time for professional development through workshops, community sessions, Microsoft/Databricks courses/certifications and learning days.
• Our group consist of driven and entrepreneurial professionals that care about their work - and everything besides work!
• HEINEKEN embraces a hybrid working environment moving forward, with flexibility to define how often you are in the office.
• A Macbook Pro and a workphone.
• Covered commuting expenses.
• Excellent pension scheme.
• Awesome social events! :)

We are HEINEKEN

Our proud history as a family-owned, independent brewer stretches back 150 years. We brew the highest quality beers, build globally loved brands and strive to do both of these things as sustainably as possible.

With a larger global presence than any other brewer in the business, we’re able to draw strength from the diverse regions we operate in and sell to – driving consumer trends and opening up new market opportunities in the process.

No matter where our more than 84,000 global employees are based or what role they play, each one is driven by the same goals and united under the same values.

Embracing and celebrating diversity is core to HEINEKEN’s purpose of “brewing the joy of true togetherness to inspire a better world”. We believe that people as diverse as our brews – including and not limited to gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religious belief, nationality, social background, disability and thinking style – enrich our lives and strengthen our business. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates as we champion a culture of belonging that provides fair and equal opportunities for all.

It’s what makes us proud to say We Are HEINEKEN.